(New York Times) Vivian Yee - "We are a missile power in the world," Iran's defense minister, Mohammad Reza Ashtiani, said Wednesday after Iranian missile strikes hit targets in neighboring Pakistan, Iraq and Syria this week. The attack in Syria targeted the Islamic State; the one in Pakistan struck the terrorist group Jaish al-Adl from the Baluch minority; and the one in Iraq, in the northern Kurdish region, was aimed at what Tehran says is an Israeli base for intelligence gathering. On Tuesday, murals and banners appeared around Tehran praising the missile attacks and vowing vengeance against Iran's enemies. At Palestine Square, a mural on a building depicted a missile being fired, with a caption warning in Hebrew and Persian, "Prepare your coffins."
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